Curriculum

The Honors College curriculum brings together the disciplinary strength for which Purdue University is so well known with the interdisciplinary breadth of specialized honors courses taught by award winning professors. As dual-enrolled students, both in the Honors College and their disciplinary college, students take courses both within the Honors College and within their home discipline.

All Honors College students take an introductory course together during their first year. The course features speakers from across the university and introduces students to the breadth of scholarship at Purdue. This first-year experience fosters community and collaboration among students, who pursue group projects of their own design.

Honors students take numerous kinds of honors courses during their time at Purdue: small, honors-only seminars, honors classes within their disciplines, and research work that leads to the production of a senior honors thesis or scholarly project.